WEF_GrowAfrica_AnnualReport2014

Forward Look
Forward Look
FORWARD LOOK
Investment and Partnering Opportunities
PRIORITIES FOR PROGRESS
Alignment and coordination will ensure new
and existing partnerships bear fruit
Whilst greater efforts to step up coordination between
government agencies and with the private sector
are anticipated, there is also a need to improve
alignment amongst various initiatives and to ensure
complementarity rather than duplication. In this
respect, priorities for the year ahead include:
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strengthening MOFA’s Agribusiness Development
Division, including building capacity and coordination
with the GIPC and formulating an internal strategy
for how to respond to investment opportunities;
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commencing annual mapping of interventions
against METASIP to identify gaps;
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addressing postharvest challenges for preservation
and value addition along the value chain;
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consideration of lower-cost and improved-access
energy alternatives to support processing and
transformation units;
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improving road infrastructure for better access to
markets, with the possibility of PPP and/or matching
grants;
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facilitating private-sector access to information on
investment and finance opportunities, initiatives,
and providing support to the PEF for establishing an
electronic database;
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development by GCAP of model lease agreements to
guide both investors and landowners in negotiations,
with provision of support for the formulation of a
national framework for out-grower and contract
farming arrangements;
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promoting services offered by facilities such as the
EDAIF and OVCF, reforming venture capital, and
exploring the possibility of establishing a farmers’
pension scheme;
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fostering economically sustainable development of
agricultural value chains in conjunction with efforts to
advance the growth of established investment zones,
such as SADA and South East Volta; and
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following through on MOFA’s plans already underway
to hold a roundtable conference in 2014 with a
focus on local investors and exploring opportunities
in Ghana, building on the efforts of MOFA’s
Agribusiness Development Division and GCAP.
The following investment opportunities have been
identified by the Government of Ghana:
Prospects in pilot integrated value chains
Openings exist for investors interested in furthering the
development of maize and soya value chains integrated
with poultry in Ghana’s ecological region designated as
the Transitional Zone.
Contact: Emmanuel Asante Krobea,
Director Crop Services | krobeasant@yahoo.com
Scope for partnerships in
commercial agriculture
The Government of Ghana has engaged the World
Bank and USAID in supporting the previouslymentioned
GCAP agricultural development project.
The project comprises three components, with the
first focused on improving the overall investment
climate for agricultural development in Ghana
(including strengthening investment promotion
infrastructure, facilitating secure access to land, and
project management). Efforts under this component
are aimed at clarifying and strengthening the rights
and obligations of investors, government and affected
communities. They will also help facilitate access to
land by reducing search costs to potential investors
through the expansion of a database of suitable
landholdings (the “Land Bank”), and by building on
emerging mechanisms for appropriately matching
potential investors with landowners.
The second and third components are focused on
forging PPPs and smallholder linkages in the SADA
and Accra Plains regions. These components will
provide support for facilitating private investments
through PPPs in inclusive commercial agricultural
arrangements, complementary public investments, and
technical assistance.
Contact: Alabi Bortey,
Coordinator GCAP | alabibortey@gmail.com
General point of contact for investments
Investors interested in learning more about
opportunities in Ghana’s agribusiness sector should
contact:
Ghana Investment Promotion Centre |
+233 302 665125(-9) | info@gipcghana.com
In March 2013, SAB Miller launched Eagle, a cassava beer, in Ghana, and expects to source from over a 1000 smallholders.
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